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[[File:Yemen protest.jpg|thumb|Protest on the "[[Day of Rage]]" that Karman had called for in [[Sana'a]], [[Yemen]], from 3 February 2011.]]
దీర్ఘకాల సలేహ్‌కు వ్యతిరేకంగా 2011లో తవాకెల్ కర్మన్ సనాలో విద్యార్ధుల నిరసన ప్రదర్శనను నిర్వహించింది. తరువాత జవవరి 22 న ఆమె తనభర్తతో కారులో ప్రయాణిస్తున్న సమయంలో పోలీస్ గుర్తింపు లేని సాధారణ దుస్తులలో ఉన్న ముగ్గురు వ్యక్తులు ఆమెను అడ్డగించి ఖైదు చేసి జైలులో ఉంచారు. <ref name="Filkins" /><ref name="OBS" /> అక్కడ ఆమె 36 గంటల సమయం గడిపిన తరువాత జనవరి 9న ఆమెను పెరోల్‌లో విడుదల చేసారు. <ref name=Guardian1>{{cite news|author=Tawakkol, Karman|title=Our revolution's doing what Saleh can't – uniting Yemen|work=The Guardian|date=9 April 2011|accessdate=8 October 2011|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/08/revolution-saleh-yemen-peace-historic}}</ref>తరువాత ఆమె జనవరి 29న మరొక నిరసన ప్రదర్శన ఏర్పాటు చేసింది. <ref name="Feb3_DayRage_aljaz">{{cite news |title=New protests erupt in Yemen |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/2011129112626339573.html |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=29 January 2011 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5w8S9MZ1r |archivedate=30 January 2011 |deadurl=no |accessdate=30 January 2011}}</ref>
ఈజిప్షియన్ తిరుగుబాటు తరువాత ఒక అర్ధరాత్రి సమయంలో తవాకెల్ తిరిగి ఖైదుచేయబడింది. <ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/23/yemen-arrests-protest-leader |location=London |work=The Guardian | first=Tom | last=Finn | title=Yemen arrests anti-government activist | date=23 January 2011}}</ref>ఆమె తన భర్తతో కలిసి కొన్ని మాసాల కాలం నిరసన మకాం ఏర్పాటు చేసింది. <ref name="mother"/>
similar to events of the [[2011 Egyptian revolution]] that were in turn inspired by the [[Tunisian revolution|2010–2011 Tunisian revolution]]. On 17 March, she was re-arrested amidst ongoing protests.
<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/23/yemen-arrests-protest-leader |location=London |work=The Guardian | first=Tom | last=Finn | title=Yemen arrests anti-government activist | date=23 January 2011}}</ref>
Speaking of the uprising she had said that: "We will continue until the fall of Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime...We have the Southern Movement in the south, the (Shia) Huthi rebels in the north, and parliamentary opposition...But what's most important now is the jasmine revolution."
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She has set at the protest camp for months along with her husband.
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Karman explained the reasons why the Yemeni protests attracted Yemenis: "The combination of a dictatorship, corruption, poverty and unemployment has created this revolution. It's like a volcano. Injustice and corruption are exploding while opportunities for a good life are coming to an end."
<ref name=Time>{{cite news|last=Baker|first=Aryn|title=The Woman at the Head of Yemen's Protest Movement|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2049476,00.html#ixzz1l5NmmmJD|accessdate=1 February 2012|newspaper=Time Magazine|date=16 February 2012|author2=Erik Stier}}</ref>
Karman has had some tense disagreements with other organisers, especially after she urged protesters to march to the Presidential Palace in May as a response to the killing of 13 protesters by security forces.
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On 18 June she wrote an article entitled "Yemen's Unfinished Revolution" in the ''[[New York Times]]'' in which she assailed the United States and Saudi Arabia for their support for the "corrupt" Saleh regime in Yemen because they "used their influence to ensure that members of the old regime remain in power and the status quo is maintained." She argued that American intervention in Yemen was motivated by the [[war on terror]] and was not responsive to either the human rights abuses in Yemen or the calls from Yemen’s democracy movement. She affirmed that the protesters in Yemen also wanted stability in the country and region.
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In an interview on ''[[Democracy Now!]]'', Karman said, "In our weekly protests in front of the cabinet, we called on the government to allow people to have freedom of speech and for people to be able to own online newspapers. We knew and know that freedom of speech is the door to democracy and justice, and also that part of the freedom of speech is the freedom of movement... The culture of freedom and protests spread all over Yemen. Every time we stood up for our rights the government answered with violence or interfered in our rights...." She credited Tunisia for inspiring others around the Middle East for the Arab Spring protests.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/seo/2011/10/21/exclusive_nobel_laureate_tawakkul_karman_on |title=Exclusive: Nobel Laureate Tawakkul Karman on the Struggle for Women’s Rights, Democracy in Yemen |publisher=Democracy Now! |accessdate=2013-11-22}}</ref>
During the protests, Karman was part of a large number of women activists—up to 30 percent of the protestors—demanding change in Yemen.
<ref>{{cite news|author=Kalpana Sharma |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/Kalpana_Sharma/article2573489.ece |title=Columns / Kalpana Sharma : The Other Half: Women and the Arab Spring |work=The Hindu |date=29 October 2011 |accessdate=16 November 2011 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref>
On 16 October, government snipers in Taiz shot and killed [[Aziza Othman Kaleb]], ''[[CNN]]'' reported she was the first woman to have been killed during the Yemen protests but could not verify this claim.
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/17/world/meast/yemen-unrest/index.html?iref=allsearch |title=Women march in Yemen's capital |publisher=CNN |date=17 October 2011 |accessdate=16 November 2011}}</ref>
Ten days later, women in Sana'a protested against the violent force used against them by burning their ''[[makrama]]''.
<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/8853028/Yemeni-women-burn-their-veils-in-anti-government-protest-after-more-deaths-in-Sanaa.html |title=Video: Yemeni women burn their veils in anti-government protest after more deaths in Sanaa |publisher=Telegraph |date=27 October 2011 |accessdate=16 November 2011 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://jezebel.com/5853773/yemeni-women-burn-veils-to-protest-government-crackdown |title=Yemeni Women Burn Veils To Protest Government Crackdown |publisher=Jezebel.com |date=26 October 2011 |accessdate=16 November 2011}}</ref>
At the time, Karman was in Washington, D.C., where she said the female protesters who burned their makrama were "reject(ing) the injustice that the Saleh regime has imposed on them. And this is a new stage for the Yemeni women, because they will not hide behind veils or behind walls or anything else."
<ref name="Clinton">United States Department of State. 23 October 2011. "Remarks With Yemeni Nobel Prize Winner Tawakkul Karman After Their Meeting." Retrieved 6 November 2011 [http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/10/176354.htm US State Dept.]</ref>
===అంతర్జాతీయ ప్రభుత్వసంస్థల జోక్యం===
After the Nobel Peace Prize announcement, Tawakkol Karman became increasingly involved in mobilizing world opinion and United Nations Security Council members to assist the protesters in ousting Saleh and bringing him before the international court.
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